I have to correct you once more regarding the statement you made:

Why drag it out for over six years plus? (oh, see Lori's quote on Fox, "If you drill it, you kill it").

It was the Wallstreet Reporter interview and she said, and I quote;

21 min. 10 sec mark:

"WHEN YOU HAVE A FLAGSHIP PROPERTY, OR A GREAT PROPERTY, YOU DO ALL YOUR WORK TO GET SOME DRILL HOLES OR TO IDENTIFY DRILL HOLES, AND THEN YOU DRILL IT AND YOU PROBABLY KILL IT, AND THEN THAT'S IT, YOU START OVER AND LOOK FOR ANOTHER PROPERTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.....

YOU CAN'T KILL THE TESORO, IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE.

I suggest you relisten to it...and don't stop when you hear this quote, she has more to say.

http://www.wallstreetreporter.com/2009/11/st-elias-mines-tsx-v-sli-ceo-interview/